The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Merle E Peart

815th816thCA

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Army serial number
19025021
Rank
Sgt (24 February 1944), Sgt (26 February 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), S/Sgt (16 June 1944), S/Sgt (19 June 1944), s/Sgt (26 June 1944), S/Sgt (1 July 1944), S/Sgt (26 October 1944)
Hometown
WILLIAMS CA
Also written
Merle Peart
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 46
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal1031SSGT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1032SSGT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1034SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

Morning reports

11 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 26 October 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, Sgt, s/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 40, roll 458053820 p. 126, roll 458053820 p. 192, roll 458053820 p. 267, roll 463205991 p. 622, roll 463208994 p. 538, roll 478080727 p. 200, roll 478080727 p. 206, roll 478080727 p. 216, roll 481431546 p. 149, roll 572483765 p. 3436

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 12 · 9 July 1944
PA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member :
PEART, Merle E.
File No 6817
Rank:
s/sgt.
Serial number:
19025021
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Asst Armover Gunner
Did he bail out? yes
Where? Waist Door
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane We aLL
BAiLed out IN turN and we had talked About Meeting inthe
Was he injured? He was injured when he bit the ground
Where was
he when last seen? A SMOLL town that I cant remember in Yugs.
Bot
Any hearsay information: THat the Partisons FOUND him ANDA bim
Back to Italy
Source :
RUMOR
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition: We were
picked up by the Chetriks when we Balled out and about two
weeks Later we got to a town and it was attacted by
the PARtisans. Peart was unable to waLk so was Left there
and it was rumored the Portisons brought him out
Total number of missions of above crew member:
440r45
Dates and destinations if possible:
Forgotten
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6817, page 12 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Casualty questionnaire, page 13 · 9 July 1944
AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member:
PEART, Merle E.
File No 6817
Rank:
s/Sgt.
Serial number:
19025021
Asst Armorer Gunner
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Did he bail out? YES.
Where? KABLOre, YUGOSLAN SOUTHERN YUGO
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane
:
Was he injured? YES. BOTH ANKLES BROKEN
Where was he when last seen? LEFT Him IN THE HILLS AFTER A ATTACK ON VIEW
IN
Any hearsay information: HE HAS BEEN BACK to THE STATES
FOR SOME TIME
Source I REQIEVED SEVERAL LETTERS
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member: ABOUT 40
Dates and destinations if possible : PLOESTI, RUMANIA JULY 9, / 944
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6817, page 13 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Casualty questionnaire, page 16 · 9 July 1944
AFPFA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member :
PEART, Morle E.
File No 6817
Rank:
s/sgt.
Serial number:
19025021
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Asst Armorer Gunner
Did he bail out? Yes
Where? Near Kalinovik Yugestavic
If not, why not?
-
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane :
Was he injured? Yes - Ankle badly bruised, nitcertain whether Right-or-Let
Where was he when last seen? At Rudo Yugaslavia
Any hearsay information According to one of our Navigators
Z met at Ellington Field, Sqt. Peart returned to our
Group in Italy about a month after we were
repotrated
Source : A Navigator from our Squadrer.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member: : Uncertain
Dates and destinations if possible:
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6817, page 16 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Casualty questionnaire, page 21 · 9 July 1944
AFFPA-d
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member: PEART, Merle E.
No 6817
Rank:
s/sgt.
Serial number:
19025021
Asst Armorer Gunner
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Did he bail out? Yes
Where? Near Sarajevo, Yus oslovia.
If not, \why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane : We shook
hands just before WE bailed out.
Was he injured? Yes
Where was he when last seen? On the outskirts of a little town called Rudolph,
Yugo
Any hearsay information That he was returned to American hands around
three months after woing down.
Source I received a letter from hi n after he reached the States.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member: Approx.43.
Dates and destinations if possible:
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6817, page 21 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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